Strip-moistening device.



M. u. BROWNE. STRIP MOISTENING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 13, 1908,

Patented Oct. 6

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., the free-end of the strip is drawn from a roll.-

, ator can rea rent length thereof from t e roll and at the gum stripbeing used in place of twine, 'or

- ing operation.

I PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL c. BROWNE, OF'HOLYO'KE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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' Application filed lay To all it may comem: I

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL O. Baownn,

a citizen of the United Statesof America, re-' sidin at Holyoke, in thecounty of Hampden and tate of Massachusetts, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Strip- Moistening Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

Thrs invention relates to improvements'in strip-moisteningdevices bywhich term I mean a strip of aper or clot that is gummed on one s1de ansuitably mounted so that as or package of the same, the'gummed side willbe automatically moistened during the draw- The ob'ects of theinvention'are,'-I; To provide a device that will conveniently hold asuitable quantity, preferably a roll, of the gummed stri and so-arrangedthat-the opery detach a ortion. or conver'rsametime provide means formoistening the strip the detaching or drawing-operw tron, such etachedpieces of the moistened other-similar flexible material for do uppuctkages or articles of merchandise;

her object ofthe invention is to provide a moistenmg device that willprevent the strip from being drawn away therefrom durmg' the severingoperation; and III. A still.

I further object being to so construct the moistenin device that thefree end of the strip may e convenientZ-{yt same become dry er thesevering operation, that is the portionbetween thecutter and themorstening device. roper, 8

fully described in the spec cation. In the drawings form ng part of thisapplicat1on,Figure 1 is a plan view ofithe strip moistening deviceclearly showing. the relatron of the thumb-nuts for varyingthefdeascopper or tin, this being s'eoured to gree of capillary attraction of"the :moisterrer. j

1g. 2 is, a vertical lon 'tudinal' sectronon the line 2-'2 Fig. 3 is as1de elevational view of through the moiste of Fig. 1. the device showinclearly the'location of the roll package and t e' ath that the striptakes when drawn from the "roll, to. complete the severingof the same.

Referring'to the drawings in detail, a. desthe base-piece a, by means ofthe screws 0.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

13, 190a Serial No. 432,662.

moistened should the w ll be the bars 41 and 1', which carry themoistening Patented (jet. 6, 190a;

The roll of gummed strip is designated by cl and is rotatabl "mounted onthe shaft 2 which carries a ii) cylindrical element f;

In order to place proper tension on the stri I provide alatform or arm 9pivoted to t e casing b at which platform supports a suitable weight '71causing the platform to,

lace suitable drag or tension on the strip uring the drawing ofioperation.

The free end of the strrp leads throu h an opening 9' in the casing band passes un er an anti-friction roller is that is mounted in the endof an arm m which is secured to a sup-' porting case n that is attachedto the basepiece a by means of the screws 0.

Within the supporting case n is located a means of the thumb-nuts twhich are threa This construced through the bars q and 1'. tion permitsthe amount or rate of capillary attraction to be varied so that thegummed strip may be moistened more or loss during its passage across thewicks. The v lower ends of the wicks extend into the tank 1) as clearlyshown in Fig.2, which contains a moistening element, as water.

' The supporting casing n. is provided on each side with a recta aropening u' for supporting the ends of t e bars-g'and 1', as clearlyshown in Fig. 3. 1 I

In order-to readily remove the tank 1) and osely mounted spool or wick,from the case n, I provide a hook v pivotedto the case n so that bysimply lifting this hook the water-tank and clamping bars:

may be readily removedrom the supporting i g w eszlgnates a severmg aparatus or knife with a serrated e ge for severing the strip, the freeend of the stri being des-. ignated at x. This severing kni e is mount-5 provide ed on the supporting casing n and theteeth of the same arepractically in the same vertical plane as the outer edge" of themoisten- A roller 'y -serves to hold the strip e stri downonto the upperedge of the moiste wicks's at-all times, and es ecially duri'ng't esevering operation, so t at the strip 'is never free from themoisteningwicks.

After the stri is severed the portion of the strip between t e knife wand the roller y, designated at z, may be moistened, should the samebecome dry from long intervals in the use of the'device, by simplyfolding the same down onto the outer side 2 of the wick 8, thus avoidingthe Waste of any of the gummed strip, as common in these devices now inuse. After the strip z has been moistened, it may be drawn forward andsevered in the usual way.

What I claim, is':

1. A s'trip-moistening device having in combination with a suitablymounted roll of gummed material, a strip-moisteningelement propercomprising liquid absorbent material located in the path of the free endofthe stri means for normally holding the free end 0t the-strip incontact with the absorbent material, means for varying the capillaryattraction of the absorbent material, and means for severing the strip.

2. A strip-moistening device having in combination, a base-piece, acasing mounted thereon and provided with means for supporting a roll ofgummed material, a supportmg casing mounted on the base-piece and spacedfrom the casing, a roller secured to t e supporting casing for directingthe free end of the gummed strip when drawn from the roll, a containertank mounted in the supporting casing, absorbent material supported ythe supporting casing, clamping means for varying the rate of capillaryattraction of the absorbent material, a device for detach-.

ably retaining the absorbent'material in the supporting casing, andmeans for directing the free end of the strip into contact with theabsorbent material, and a severing device for the strip, the free end ofthe strip being in contact with the absorbent material at a times.

MICHAEL O. BROWNE. Witnesses:

K. I: CLEMoNs, H. W. BOWEN.

